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Susan, what is the difference between gas colic and spasmodic colic?

Dyane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M." <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> Only my opinion, but I think the answer depends on why the horse colicked
in
> the first place, assuming you have anything close to an inkling of what
the
> initial cause was (and a lot of the time we don't).  It also depends on
what
> kind of colic it was (gas, spasmodic, impaction, etc) and whether it was a
> Sh*t Happens sort of thing which easily resolved with a little banamine
and
> maybe a bit of mineral oil; or if took some IV fluids, a second treatment
of
> oil, etc.


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